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Programme

Day 1 (Tuesday, 30 January 2018). Scientific sessions: presentations and roundtable discussions

Place: The General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania, Šilo str. 5a, Vilnius. The Club08.30 -09.00 Registration & coffee

09:00-09:20

Welcoming words

09:20-10:20

Keynote session I: Amb. Vygaudas USACKAS, Director of Institute of Europe of Kaunas University of

TechnologyAdvancing and Shaping the Future Together

Prof. Anna OLOFSSON, Mid Sweden UniversityIs Risk Analysis Always for the Good? A Critical Perspective on Risk and Risk Research

10.20 – 10.40

Coffee break

10:40-11:40

Keynote session II: COL Gintaras BAGDONAS, Director of NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence

The Role of NATO in Supporting Energy Security and Enhancing the Resilience of Critical Energy Instratructure

Prof. Preben H. LINDØE, University of StavangerRisk Images and Risk Mapping: Perspectives on Modeling Risk

11:40-12:20

Discussion Moderator dr. Ainius LASAS, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts at Kaunas University of TechnologyRisk for Baltic-Nordic Regions

12:20-12:30 Conference Picture

12.30 – Lunch

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13.3013.30 – 15.00

Parallel SessionsRisk and Security Policies in the Baltic Nordic ContextChairs: Jörgen SPARF, Evangelia PETRIDOU, Mid Sweden University

Kiryl KASCIAN A spritual ministry: the Russian Orthodox Church as a tool of Russia's foreign policy

Vilma MIGLINEA study of mental health preparedness in the disaster management planning process of the municipalities in Lithuania

Pär M. OLAUSSON, Jon NYHLÉNGoverning power shortage preparedness through networks: Formal and informal relations in regional network governance

Gediminas DUBAUSKASPublic Finance Continuity and Sustainability Risks - the Case of Lithuania

Audronė PETRAUSKAITĖ, Rolanda KAZLAUSKAITĖ MARKELIENĖThe Decline of Values as the Risk for National Security

Everyday Risks and ThreatsChair: Tapio LITMANEN, University of Jyväskylä

Vidas VILČINSKASPolitical Discourses on the Risks Associated with the Astravets Nuclear Power Plant in Belarus and Lithuania

Jörgen SPARFCollaborative Arrangements in Routine Emergency Management: An Organizational Perspective

Margarita Marija LIETUVNIKĖ, Aidas VASILIS VASILIAUSKASRisks of Illegal Migration to European Road Freight Operators

Renata KORSAKIENEDoes organizational commitment expose a risk for military leaders? Investigations of organizational commitment and organizational climate dimensions

Technological Development and Emerging Societal Risks Chair: Aušrius JUOZAPAVIČIUS, The General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania

Florian RABITZ, Leta BIELINYTÉFrame Shifts and Regime Conflicts in Global Geoengineering Governance

Ion IFTIMIEInnovation and Entrepreneurship in Expeditionary Energy Economics (e3):The Securitization of Energy Systems during Megacity Counterinsurgencies

Jovita ŽĖKAITĖOnline Piracy Practice as a Risk Factor

Andrejs RADIONOVS, Oleg UZHGA-REBROVApplication of fuzzy AHP with interval type-2 fuzzy sets in the assessment of importance of risk factors of invasive species in Latvia

Social Response to Environmental Risk Chair: Eivind RAKE, University of Stavanger

Justas KAŽYSMisinterpretation risks of climate change information on internet by Baltic Sea Region languages

Agnė BUDŽYTĖ, Aistė BALŽEKIENĖPublic Perceptions of Institutional Responsibility and Climate Change Risk in Baltic Nordic Countries

Ludmila ALEKSEJEVA, Viktorija ŠIPILOVA, Elita JERMOLAJEVA, Inta OSTROVSKA, Dmitrijs OĻEHNOVIČSRegional Risks and Challenges in Smart Growth in Latgale Region (Latvia): an Opinions of Stakeholders

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Risk Communication Chair: Aistė BALŽEKIENĖ, Kaunas University of Technology

Audronė TELEŠIENĖAnalyzing Climate Change Risk Communication in Lithuanian Media: a Historical Overview of Changing Discourse Order and Guidelines for Further Research

Alesya Viktorovna ILYASHEVICH Risk communication in the sphere of environmental risks: power structures and citizens

Titty VARGHESEVictimization of women in Social Media ; Risk and Religion in Kerala

15:00-17:30

Parallel SessionsEveryday Risks and ThreatsChair: Riikka ARO, University of Jyväskylä

Evangelia PETRIDOUCollaborative Arrangements in Routine Emergency Management: A Network Perspective

Vishnu MURALEEDHARAN, Titty VARGHESE Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and the Risk of Migration

Anders BJØRNSEN, Kristin Sørung SCHARFFSCHERShrouding the roots of resilience? Human Development Report representations of Estonia in the wake of the global financial crisis of 2008-2009

Vida DAVIDAVIČIENĖ, Jolanta SABAITYTĖ, Aurelija BURINSKIENĖRisks of Medical Products E-Supply: Consumer Perspective

Technological Development and Emerging Societal RisksChair: Gintaras LABUTIS, The General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania

Tapio LITMANEN, Tuuli VILHUNEN, Matti KOJO, Behnam TAEBI

Perceptions of justice influencing community acceptance of spent nuclear fuel disposal A case study in two Finnish nuclear communities

Gintautas RAZMADealing with Modern Risks: Changes in Warfighting Functions

Simona POLITAITĖ, Jolanta SABAITYTĖUnderstanding Big Data: Barriers of Adoption

Giedrius ČYRAS, Vita Marytė JANUŠAUSKIENĖ, Jolanta SABAITYTĖAnalysis of the Electronic and Mobile Business Concepts

Risk CommunicationChair: Aistė BALŽEKIENĖ, Kaunas University of Technology

Karin REINHOLD, Marina JÄRVIS, Sigrid KALLEEffective risk communication for dangerous workplace chemicals in 4 Baltic-Nordic countries

Efim FIDRYA, Olga FIDRYARisk Communication in the Local Social Space: How Social and Power Relations Shape Response to the Environmental Risks

Eimante ZOLUBIENE„Have Nothing to Worry about? The News Will Help You“: Social Construction of Risk in Online News Media

Viktor DENISENKOThe coverage of annexation of Crimea in local Russian-language weeklies in Lithuania: information, disinformation, propaganda?

Open SessionChair: Sigrid KALLE, Tallinn University of Technology

Gitana DUDZEVIČIŪTĖThe economic growth– poverty nexus in the European Union countries

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Svajūnė UNGURYTĖ-RAGAUSKIENĖ, Mantas BILEIŠISPerationalizing the European Administrative Space: Can Public Service Policies Become a Factor for EU Convergence

Jadvyga CIBURIENE, Jurate GUSCINSKIENE, Valentinas NAVICKASRegional Economic Threats in the Context of Sustainable Economic Development

Alina OHOTINAAssessment of Investment Security in The Regions:The Case of Latvia and Lithuania

18:00 - 21:00 Conference dinner

21:00 Return bus from Military Academy to city center

Day 2 (Wednesday, 31 January 2018). Workshops for practitioners and researchers

Place: The General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania, Šilo str. 5a, Vilnius. 211 auditorium08.30 -09.00 Registration & coffee

09.00 –10.20

Workshops’ session IFuture Workshop: Environmental Challenges in the Baltic-Nordic Context (Riikka ARO, Tapio LITMANEN) Analysing and Visualising Public Risk Perceptions (Aistė BALŽEKIENĖ) Assessing Risk Communication: Reading the Lines and between the Lines (Audronė TELEŠIENĖ) (in Lithuanian)

10:30- 11:50

Workshops’ session IICollaboration in the Public Sector from a Networked Perspective (Evangelia PETRIDOU, Jörgen SPARF)Hands-on Session in a Computer Class: Using GIS for Risk Communication(Aušrius JUOZAPAVIČIUS)

12:00-12:30 Concluding session, certificates

12:30-13:15 Lunch

13:30-15:00

Thematic excursionVisit to National Museum – Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania

15:00-15:30 Closing of the Conference at Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania